Jury Rules Tech Giants Negligent in Social Media Addiction Case

0:00It's March 26th. From Hollywood to your headphones, this is Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. A Los Angeles jury has ruled that meta and YouTube were negligent in the key case about social media addiction. The lawsuit came from a young woman who said the platforms heard her well-being as she grew up. Jurors agreed the companies played a big role in the harm and ordered them to pay $3 million in compensatory damages with meta-covering. 70%. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quickly praised the decision as a major win for families. They pointed to it alongside a recent ruling in New Mexico, saying it's time for tech giants to face real accountability. The couple stressed that the problem lies in how these platforms are designed to hook users, especially kids, rather than protect them. Families and advocates see this as a game-changer, but meta and Google pushback hard. They are called Teen Mental Health to complex the blame on one app, while Google-insisted

1:00YouTube is just a streaming service, not social media. Both companies plan to fight the verdict legally. Harry and Meghan have been active in this space for years through their archival parents network. It helps families connect, after losing kids, to online harms and pushes for better safeguards. Last year in New York, they lost a memorial with 50 smartphones showing photos of affected children to highlight the human cost. These steps signal growing pressure on big tech to rethink their products. With more cases ahead, parents everywhere are watching closely for real change.